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We report on Terahertz detection by inverted band structure HgTe-based Field Effect Transistor up to room temperature. At low temperature, we show that nonlinearities of the transistor channel allows for the observation of the quantum phase…

We achieve high detectivity terahertz sensing using a silicon nitride nanomechanical resonator functionalized with a metasurface absorber. High performances are achieved by striking a fine balance between the frequency stability of the…

ZnTe is arguably the most widely used nonlinear crystal for the generation and detection of THz radiation, used in conjunction with sub-bandgap optical excitation by femtosecond lasers operating near 800 nm. The THz dielectric function of…

We demonstrate the self-phase modulation (SPM) of a single-cycle THz pulse in a semiconductor, using bulk n-GaAs as a model system. The SPM arises from the heating of free electrons in the electric field of the THz pulse, leading to an…

Materials Science · Physics 2012-08-13 Dmitry Turchinovich , Jørn M. Hvam , Matthias C. Hoffmann

Modern microelectronic systems require long term operational stability, necessitating precise reliability models to predict device lifecycles and identify governing failure mechanisms. This is particularly critical for high power GaN…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-14 Moshe Azoulay , Gilad Orr , Gady Golan

Spintronic terahertz (THz) emitters have established themselves as among the most practical broadband THz sources available, yet their performance remains fundamentally limited by the spin Hall conductivity of the nonmagnetic conversion…

Dual-polarization heterodyne receivers operating at 325 GHz, 424 GHz, and 650 GHz at room temperature are presented. Polarimetric measurements are enabled by two orthogonal open-ended E-field probes, co-optimized and integrated with two…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-05-19 Olivier Auriacombe , Peter J. Sobis , Vladimir Drakinskiy , Anders Emrich , Jan Stake

The aim of the present study is to analyze the saturation regime of the Toroidal Alfven Eigenmodes (TAE) in the LHD plasma, particularly the MHD burst. The linear and nonlinear evolution of the TAEs are simulated by the FAR3d code that uses…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-04-18 J. Varela , D. A. Spong , Y. Todo , L. Garcia , Y. Ghai , J. Ortiz , R. Seki

The emergence of the terahertz (THz) ratchet effect is a rapidly expanding field of research that utilizes broken spatial symmetry in low-dimensional materials to rectify alternating current (AC) induced by THz fields into direct current…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-02-09 M. D. Moldavskaya , L. E. Golub , Chang Niu , Peide D. Ye , S. D. Ganichev

Uncooled Terahertz (THz) photodetectors (PDs) showing fast (ps) response and high sensitivity (noise equivalent power (NEP) < $nWHz^{-1/2}$) over a broad (0.5THz-10THz) frequency range are needed for applications in high-resolution…

Terahertz (THz) band is envisioned for the future sixth generation wireless systems thanks to its abundant bandwidth and very narrow beamwidth. These features are one of the key enabling factors for high resolution sensing with milli-degree…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-09 Ahmet M. Elbir , Abdulkadir Celik , Ahmed M. Eltawil

The hallmark of superconductivity is the rigidity of the quantum-mechanical phase of electrons, responsible for superfluid behavior and Meissner effect. The strength of the phase stiffness is set by the Josephson coupling, which is strongly…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-10-18 Francesco Gabriele , Mattia Udina , Lara Benfatto

Sensitive detection of terahertz (THz) radiation is fundamental to progress in spectroscopy, advanced wireless communication, and the realization of emerging quantum technologies. However, the intrinsically low photon energies in the THz…

Separating out the contributions of different scattering channels in strongly interacting metals is crucial in identifying the mechanisms that govern their properties. While momentum or current relaxation rates can be readily probed via…

We report strong terahertz (~10^12 Hz) high harmonic generation in thin films of Cd3As2, a three-dimensional Dirac semimetal at room temperature. The third harmonics is detectable with tabletop light source and can be as strong as 100 V/cm…

We propose a scheme for efficient cavity-enhanced nonlinear THz generation via difference-frequency generation (DFG) processes using a triply resonant system based on photonic crystal cavities. We show that high nonlinear overlap can be…

Time-domain analysis of harmonic fields with sub-cycle resolution is now experimentally viable due to the emergence of sensitive, on-chip techniques for petahertz-scale optical-field sampling. We demonstrate how such a time-domain,…

We demonstrate that parametric driving of suitable collective modes in cuprate superconductors results in a reflectivity $R>1$ for frequencies in the low terahertz regime. We propose to exploit this effect for the amplification of coherent…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-03-08 Guido Homann , Jayson G. Cosme , Ludwig Mathey

The efficient amplification and lasing of electromagnetic radiation at terahertz (THz) frequencies is a non-trivial task achieved mainly by quantum cascade laser configurations with limited tunability and narrowband functionality. There is…

Optics · Physics 2018-11-30 Tianjing Guo , Liang Zhu , Pai-Yen Chen , Christos Argyropoulos

In their article, Wang et al. [1] report a new scheme for THz heterodyne detection using a laser-driven LTG-GaAs photomixer [2, 3] and make the impressive claim of achieving near quantum-limited sensitivity at room temperature.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-01 J. Zmuidzinas , B. Karasik , A. R. Kerr , M. Pospieszalski